dissociatedpress.com » top 50 http://dissociatedpress.com Mon, 03 Dec 2018 01:40:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 More Pitchfork 50 in 25: Arcade Fire, The National, The Tough Alliance http://dissociatedpress.com/2008/07/more-pitchfork-50-in-25-arcade-fire-the-national-the-tough-alliance/ http://dissociatedpress.com/2008/07/more-pitchfork-50-in-25-arcade-fire-the-national-the-tough-alliance/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:07:04 +0000 admin http://dissociatedpress.com/?p=164 See the first of these posts for an explanation of these clips & summaries.

Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
Echo & the Bunnymen merge with the Pixies and set out to create Bruce-Springsteen-like anthems…

The National – Boxer
The Church doing an Alt-country soundtrack for a Gus Van Sant film.

The Tough Alliance -A New Chance
All those too-queer-blonde-guys in Haircut 100 get old and do a parody of themselves with more synths and samples, except now they’re, um, Swedish.

]]> http://dissociatedpress.com/2008/07/more-pitchfork-50-in-25-arcade-fire-the-national-the-tough-alliance/feed/ 2 Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga http://dissociatedpress.com/2008/07/spoon-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga/ http://dissociatedpress.com/2008/07/spoon-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:53:35 +0000 admin http://dissociatedpress.com/?p=82 A friend challenged me to take Pitchfork Media’s Top 50 of 2007 and review each artist in 25 words or less. I accepted. When the little Amazon gizmo loads below, take a listen for yourself.

Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Alt-rock 21st century Squeeze with less reverb.

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Okkervil River – The Stage Names
The singer from Rusted Root gets a larynx transplant from Ian McCulloch and joins the Strokes.

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